Enolase from Trypanosoma brucei, from the amitochondriate protist Mastigamoeba balamuthi, and from the chloroplast and cytosol of Euglena gracilis: Pieces in the evolutionary puzzle of the eukaryotic glycolytic pathway

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 989-1000

  Hannaert, Véronique ^a   Brinkmann, Henner ^b   Nowitzki, Ulrich ^c   Lee, Jennifer A ^d   Albert, Marie Astrid ^a   Sensen, Christoph W ^e   Gaasterland, Terry ^d   Müller, Miklós ^d   Michels, Paul ^a   Martin, William ^c  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate protist; Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Glycolysis; Metabolism; Organelles; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEA; ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGAMOEBA; MASTIGAMOEBA BALAMUTHI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0033947724     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026395     Document Type: Article

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